# 2022 Besta deild karla

The 2022 Besta deild karla was the 111th season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league, including the defending champions Víkingur Reykjavík, who won their sixth league title in 2021. It was the first season of the league after it was rebranded as Besta deild karla.

## Teams

The 2022 Besta deild karla is contested by twelve teams, ten of which played in the division the previous year and two teams promoted from 1. deild karla. The bottom two teams from the previous season, HK and Fylkir (both relegated after one year in the top flight), were relegated to the 2022 1. deild karla and were replaced by Knattspyrnufélagið Fram (promoted after a seven-year absence) and ÍBV (promoted after a two-year absence), champions and runners-up of the 2020 1. deild karla respectively.

### Club information

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Breiðablik | Kópavogur | Kópavogsvöllur | 3,009 |
| FH | Hafnarfjörður | Kaplakriki | 6,450 |
| Fram | Reykjavík | Laugardalsvöllur | 9,800 |
| ÍA | Akranes | Norðurálsvöllurinn | 3,054 |
| ÍBV | Vestmannaeyjar | Hásteinsvöllur | 2,300 (534 seated) |
| KA | Akureyri | Akureyrarvöllur | 1,645 |
| Keflavík | Reykjanesbær | Keflavíkurvöllur | 5,200 |
| KR | Reykjavík | Alvogenvöllurinn | 3,333 |
| Leiknir | Reykjavík | Leiknisvöllur | 1,025 |
| Stjarnan | Garðabær | Samsung völlurinn | 1,440 |
| Valur | Reykjavík | Valsvöllur | 2,465 |
| Víkingur R. | Reykjavík | Víkingsvöllur | 2,023 |

#### Notes

* ↑ Due to pitch issues, KA held home games at Dalvíkurvöllur in Dalvík.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Breiðablik | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 23 | +32 | 51 | Qualification for the Championship Round |
| 2 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 43 | Qualification for the Championship Round |
| 3 | KA | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 43 | Qualification for the Championship Round |
| 4 | Valur | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 32 | Qualification for the Championship Round |
| 5 | KR | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 31 | Qualification for the Championship Round |
| 6 | Stjarnan | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 31 | Qualification for the Championship Round |
| 7 | Keflavík | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 8 | Fram | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 25 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 9 | ÍBV | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 20 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 10 | Leiknir | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 49 | −28 | 20 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 11 | FH | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 19 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 12 | ÍA | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 53 | −29 | 15 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |

## Fixtures and results

Each team was originally scheduled to play home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games each.
| Home \ Away | BRE | FH | FRA | ÍA | ÍBV | KA | KEF | KR | LEI | STJ | VAL | VÍK |
| Breiðablik | — | 3–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| FH | 0–0 | — | 4–2 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 |
| Fram | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 4–8 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–3 |
| ÍA | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–4 | — | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| ÍBV | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 |
| KA | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–3 | — | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Keflavík | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| KR | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–3 |
| Leiknir | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 4–3 | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Stjarnan | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Valur | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | — | 1–3 |
| Víkingur R | 0–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 9–0 | 4–5 | 2–2 | — |

## Championship round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BRE | KA | VÍK | KR | STJ | VAL |
| 1 | Breiðablik (C) | 27 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 66 | 27 | +39 | 63 | Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round | — | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | — |
| 2 | KA | 27 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round | 1–2 | — | — | 1–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round | — | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | KR | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 38 | | — | — | — | — | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| 5 | Stjarnan | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 37 | | — | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Valur | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 35 | | 2–5 | — | — | — | 3–0 | — |
* ↑ Víkingur Reykjavík entered the Europa Conference League first qualifying round as 2022 Icelandic Cup winners.

## Relegation round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KEF | ÍBV | FRA | FH | ÍA | LEI |
| 7 | Keflavík | 27 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 37 | | — | — | 4–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | — |
| 8 | ÍBV | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 32 | | 2–1 | — | — | 2–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 9 | Fram | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 63 | −10 | 31 | | — | 1–3 | — | 3–0 | — | 3–2 |
| 10 | FH | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 25 | | — | — | — | — | 1–2 | 4–2 |
| 11 | ÍA (R) | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 63 | −27 | 25 | Relegation to 1. delid karla | — | 3–2 | 3–2 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Leiknir (R) | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 66 | −38 | 21 | Relegation to 1. delid karla | 1–7 | — | — | — | 2–2 | — |

## Top scorers

    As of 29 October 2022
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson | KA | 17 |
| 2 | Guðmundur Magnússon | Fram | 17 |
| 3 | Ísak Snær Þorvaldsson | Breiðablik | 14 |
| 4 | Patrik Johannesen | Keflavík | 12 |
| 5 | Jason Daði Svanþórsson | Breiðablik | 11 |
| 5 | Emil Atlason | Stjarnan | 11 |
| 7 | Andri Rúnar Bjarnason | ÍBV | 10 |
| 8 | Dagur Dan Þórhallsson | Breiðablik | 9 |
| 8 | Helgi Guðjónsson | Víkingur Reykjavík | 9 |
| 8 | Matthías Vilhjálmsson | FH | 9 |
| 8 | Eyþór Aron Wöhler | ÍA | 9 |
| 8 | Hallgrímur Mar Steingrímsson | KA | 9 |

### Notes

* ↑ Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson was awarded the top scorer award as he played fewer games than Guðmundur Magnússon.